10 most controversial films in history of cinema

Ground Report | New Delhi: Controversial films in history of cinema; There are films that have given much to talk about outside the movie theatres, films that, due to their scenes, interpretations or plot, have transcended the social sphere, generating great controversies and debates. Watch out for the most controversial movies in history according to Box Office Mojo.

The history of cinema has left, throughout its many decades, a series of films that, due to their content or due to the time they were released, rose among the most controversial films of their time.

On many occasions, we talk about the collection of some films thanks to the data provided by the Box Office Mojo portal. But said portal also has its peculiar list of films classified according to their controversy and the controversy they generated. You will notice that there is one theme that stands out above all others.

Controversial films in history of cinema

10. Basic Instinct (1992)

We start the list of the most controversial films in history with a 1992 thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone, who is, in fact, the protagonist of the controversy. We are naturally talking about Basic Instinct, a film that, as soon as you hear its title, evokes an outstanding scene.

Sharon Stone's famous leg swapping while undergoing interrogation, in which she showed off her charms to inspectors, was seen by some viewers as too bawdy for the young '90s. Nowadays, seeing how we are going, she or she would get mixed up or would pass as one more nude.

9. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Politics clearly had to have its niche among the most controversial movies according to Box Office Mojo. And when it comes to issues as rugged as those tempted by 9/11 in the United States, the controversy meter rises to unimaginable scales.

In the ninth position, we find the documentary Fanerheit 9/11, by filmmaker Michael Moore, who charges against President George W. Bush and delves into the plot surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001, its causes and consequences.

8. Ghostbusters (2016)

It's probably surprising that a movie like the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot appears at number eight on Box Office Mojo's list of most controversial movies. However, anyone who has followed the news around the film will be aware that it earned this position.

Paul Feig's film is one of the forerunners of "restarting something existing with a cast of women", something that raised the ire of Ghostbusters fans who boycotted the film from minute 1. It has to be said that, the statements of the actresses in the cast and the director do not particularly help this film to lose its position. Here you can read our review of the new Ghostbusters.

7. Angels and Demons (2009)

The first entry for the subject that will dominate Box Office Mojo's list of most controversial movies: religion. In this seventh position, we find Angels and Demons, the film starring Tom Hanks and based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown.

Let's put it this way, let's say that in the film, as in the novel, the Vatican is not in a very good place. Also, the idea of ​​having a snake within the Catholic Church capable of unclean acts these days was unacceptable, at least in a movie. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction, you know… Well, basically Tom Hanks spends the whole movie giving the Vatican "smackdowns".

• 6. True Lies (1994)

When you reach position 6, you will ask yourself, what has James Cameron done so that True Lies ends up on the list of most controversial films according to Box Office Mojo? The answer is that the film arouses "anti-Arab" sentiment, years before the 9/11 attacks ignited that flame.

The film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis presents an Islamic terrorist group preparing an attack with which to arouse terror among the American people. If this had been an episode of The Simpsons we would be talking about premonitions.

• 5- Django Unchained (2012)

Quentin Tarantino also took ballots so that one of his films was in the top ten of the most controversial films in history according to Box Office Mojo. And he crossed the equator with his 2012 film Django Unchained.

This sublime western with Jamie Fox and Christoph Waltz is a visual delight and a fierce indictment of racism. But the incessant and derogatory use of the word "black", which in the United States is like invoking the devil, catapults it to the fifth position in terms of controversy. Here you can read our review of Django Unchained.

4. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

In the fourth position, we find the alarming (or alarmist) film The Day After Tomorrow, starring Dennis Quaid. The film delves into the consequences of climate change, leading to a new planetary glaciation.

Although the film is not a subject of controversy as such, it did awaken and revive the debate on the measures to be taken around global warming. 15 years later, the human being is still just as stupid and leaving the planet turned into a wasteland…

3. Joker (2019)

We entered the top 3 of the list of most controversial movies in history according to Box Office Mojo with the most recent entry. The Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Todd Phillips is undoubtedly one of the movies of 2019 and is acclaimed by many critics and audiences.

However, the treatment given in the film to mental disorders and the violent consequences that they can generate raised a lot of controversies, especially in the United States, where the violence related to the DC villain is sadly remembered and where possession of weapons with a fairly loose control is the predominant note in some cases. Here you can read our review of Joker.

2. The Da Vinci Code (2006)

In the second position, the people of Box Office Mojo place another of the adaptations of Dan Brown's novels, in fact, the one that most fueled the ecclesiastical fire. The Da Vinci Code delved into the theory of the Holy Grail, but not romanticized like the legend of the cup, but in a much more carnal way.

At the moment when the holiness of Jesus Christ and many of the ancient beliefs of the Church and of Christianity are called into question, the film becomes a clear source of contention between believers, non-believers, atheists, and anyone who has something that to say about it.

1. The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The most controversial movie in history according to Box Office Mojo is none other than The Passion of the Christ. The film directed by Mel Gibson deals with the suffering of Jesus Christ from an unassuming aspect, and with a level of violence that had not been seen in biblical cinema.

Now, let's say that anti-Semitism abounds in The Passion of the Christ, since the Jewish people are not particularly well-represented, and to bring up anti-Semitism in that way in Hollywood is to close a lot of doors and make a lot of enemies.

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